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and this is, you know, denounced by some people because it's such an alluring environment. you never know who you're going to meet. people end up spending hours in the coffee shop. of but it turns out to be extremely fertile as a sort of hotbed of intellectual innovation. you get the scientists of the rainbow coffee house set up the royal society, and isaac newton writes his great work in order to settle a coffeehouse argument about the nature of gravity. lloyd's turned into lloyd's of london, the first insurance market. jonathan's coffeehouse turns into the london stock exchange. so coffeehouses turned out to be in the great place where you mix people and ideas up, and tsa what the internet does by allowing people of different places to meet virtually and to exchange ideas. >> host: tom standage, when you look back to 1969, that first internet message to today, the growth and the change in what we know as the internet, is it faster than in the past? >> guest: yes. it's definitely faster. so i have to, you know, be straightforward about this. modern social media is, obvious
and this is, you know, denounced by some people because it's such an alluring environment. you never know who you're going to meet. people end up spending hours in the coffee shop. of but it turns out to be extremely fertile as a sort of hotbed of intellectual innovation. you get the scientists of the rainbow coffee house set up the royal society, and isaac newton writes his great work in order to settle a coffeehouse argument about the nature of gravity. lloyd's turned into lloyd's of london,...
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and it was then and that environment in which the pictures and the news started coming out in vietnam and we discovered this, that the vietnamese that we met were very candid about what they were facing and many of them were our age were very candid about this as well about what they felt and what they saw and therefore we felt that we were getting a clear picture of what was emerging as the conflict grew in size. our vision differed markedly from the kennedy administration was hoping for and definitely from the johnson administration as well, president kennedy late in 1972 found the editor of "the new york times" and found that he help us go back to the united states because his reporting was dangerous to national security. and president lyndon johnson on two other occasions approached the ap executives to have me removed from the war area and there was lots of other influence, particularly on television owners and important owners of the networks. and it was in this environment than that the written and photographic product emerged from vietnam and it was a matter of controversy fro
and it was then and that environment in which the pictures and the news started coming out in vietnam and we discovered this, that the vietnamese that we met were very candid about what they were facing and many of them were our age were very candid about this as well about what they felt and what they saw and therefore we felt that we were getting a clear picture of what was emerging as the conflict grew in size. our vision differed markedly from the kennedy administration was hoping for and...
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army, the environs of the united states military academy in west point in 2011. and if you go through my paper, i make some arguments about the logical implications of gates' vision. >> so, gordon, i would agree with the fact that the word "shape," shape the international environment means all things to all people. so for me, the most important elements are deterring adversaries from mischief or aggression, reassuring arter ins and allies of our -- partners and allies of our commitment to them, and, you know, working with allies and partners to build their capacity to contribute to regional and international security. you know, i agree with a lot of phil's comments about readiness for what. we can't predict specifics, but i think the mission manies of the u.s -- missions of the u.s. military have been fairly consistent there being able to deter and defeat aggression against our allies, crisis response, counterterrorism ask so forth on down the list. that's just a sampling, not the full list. to mitzi's point about, you know, again, i agree with the importance of
army, the environs of the united states military academy in west point in 2011. and if you go through my paper, i make some arguments about the logical implications of gates' vision. >> so, gordon, i would agree with the fact that the word "shape," shape the international environment means all things to all people. so for me, the most important elements are deterring adversaries from mischief or aggression, reassuring arter ins and allies of our -- partners and allies of our...
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running to afro and other members of the elite and they all spoke to him and it was very much a social environment that there've been many other examples throughout history. martin luther and his use of poetry and thomas paine and the common sense and the way that they would use more broadly the run-up to the american and french revolution. ..
running to afro and other members of the elite and they all spoke to him and it was very much a social environment that there've been many other examples throughout history. martin luther and his use of poetry and thomas paine and the common sense and the way that they would use more broadly the run-up to the american and french revolution. ..
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and from that demanding combat environment this kandahar, we transitioned two years ago to operation attention to train -- to the training mission devoted to supporting nato's main strategic objective, that of preparing the afghan national security forces to take responsibility for afghanistan's security by themselves. since 2011 canada has been the second largest contributor to the nato training mission after the united states. and and as kathleen said, roughly 950 of our troops focused on giving the afghans the tools they need not only to fight the taliban and affiliates, but also to train their own forces in this effect. indeed, afghan forces are now not only planning and leading most security operations across the nation, but 90% of all military training in afghanistan is now being conducted by the afghans themselves. that's a strategic and operational success, one that will pay dividends over the long term by helping insure that afghan forces can sustain their progress and ultimately help prevent afghanistan from ever again becoming a safe haven for terrorists. terrorists that w
and from that demanding combat environment this kandahar, we transitioned two years ago to operation attention to train -- to the training mission devoted to supporting nato's main strategic objective, that of preparing the afghan national security forces to take responsibility for afghanistan's security by themselves. since 2011 canada has been the second largest contributor to the nato training mission after the united states. and and as kathleen said, roughly 950 of our troops focused on...
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running to afro and other members of the elite and they all spoke to him and it was very much a social environment that there've been many other examples throughout history. martin luther and his use of poetry and thomas paine and the common sense and the way that they would use more broadly the run-up to the american and french revolution. .. >> host: how do you define feminism? >> guest: in the best sense feminism is a philosophy that says that men and women are equal before long, deserve the same rights, the same liberties, the equal dignity, and basically a philosophy of basic fairness. >> host: in your book, who stole feminism how women have betrayed women, you talk about the new feminism. what is the new feminism? >> guest: yes, well, the new feminism emerged especially in the 80's and 90's and is a rather hard-line version. i became a feminist in the >> i believed in equality of opportunity however in the '80s and '90s as ani philosophy professor readingere feminist theories and there were some theories that or soly aggressive with rather harshly anti-mail there were following the of mono w
running to afro and other members of the elite and they all spoke to him and it was very much a social environment that there've been many other examples throughout history. martin luther and his use of poetry and thomas paine and the common sense and the way that they would use more broadly the run-up to the american and french revolution. .. >> host: how do you define feminism? >> guest: in the best sense feminism is a philosophy that says that men and women are equal before long,...
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and so, i think it was just this was the environment in which they grew up. >> [inaudible] you pointed this out in the book and somehow [inaudible] there is a healing process going on in this tragedy but there are many other places they don't go to any kind of awareness. you move further away from manhattan and upstate new york you find much more of this. when you explored this rhetoric of hatred and the kind of thing in this case we are saying they were kids, 16, 17-years-old, they were probably hearing things at home and on the radio all the time and on facebook you can post anything on immigrants and have ten or 15 people saying the exact same thing. it's the extent you've been able to reflect this and get some wisdom over this, what is the record that makes someone that lives and works in today's rhetoric to go and actually gang up with some buddies spin echo >> i want to say several things about this. in manhattan we live on the evolution of things don't happen here. they do. and a few blocks from here on a columbia professor was attacked recently by a group of young people becaus
and so, i think it was just this was the environment in which they grew up. >> [inaudible] you pointed this out in the book and somehow [inaudible] there is a healing process going on in this tragedy but there are many other places they don't go to any kind of awareness. you move further away from manhattan and upstate new york you find much more of this. when you explored this rhetoric of hatred and the kind of thing in this case we are saying they were kids, 16, 17-years-old, they were...
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the book, so one ray of hope for me is a program that is an acronym that stands for results only work environment and it's a management strategy that companies right now gap inc. is using it and basically what they say is this is especially pertinent to the knowledge workers. forget about time as you know it, forget about clocking in at a clocking out. we are always available anyway so who cares. forget about showing up for meetings. meetings are optional. your sole job is your employee is we are going to hold you accountable to resolve. what this does is it kind of turns the paradigm around because it means employees that are repeated at their jobs and effective and efficient end up being reworded for that and people who are just a buzz in the chair but they are there for 12 hours a day, they are no longer reworded for just kind of showing up and companies become more profitable. there's all kind of case studies around it so that is one example, the vikings that there is a lot to be gained for the businesses figuring this out because the fact is we are not living the 1950s model anymore. we can'
the book, so one ray of hope for me is a program that is an acronym that stands for results only work environment and it's a management strategy that companies right now gap inc. is using it and basically what they say is this is especially pertinent to the knowledge workers. forget about time as you know it, forget about clocking in at a clocking out. we are always available anyway so who cares. forget about showing up for meetings. meetings are optional. your sole job is your employee is we...
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there's a more collaborative a type of environment. i would ask you if you want to answer. what are the five fastest growing technology platforms for journalist to put content out fast ensure to you have an account on them? that's essentially what i ask internally. you need to know, i need to know. it's really important. >> good. over here then. >> hi, my name is ben and i'm a harvard alumni. netflix commissioned "house of cards "they did the bold decision of releasing all the episodes. nbc have begun to give limited interview and broadcast more interviews. my question is, for "the new york times" or aol or other media providers, how are you experiencing with more investigative reporting and how to bundle or release the content as one entire package or parcel it out and engage viewers more effectively? >> well, i think we're all experimenting. ic i mentioned earlier. this was a huge section. snowfall that when was a story about a terrible tragedy that took place skiing in washington state, i think. and when we printed it of it a full section. but the experience on the web w
there's a more collaborative a type of environment. i would ask you if you want to answer. what are the five fastest growing technology platforms for journalist to put content out fast ensure to you have an account on them? that's essentially what i ask internally. you need to know, i need to know. it's really important. >> good. over here then. >> hi, my name is ben and i'm a harvard alumni. netflix commissioned "house of cards "they did the bold decision of releasing all...